ázik

See also: -azik

Hungarian

Etymology

Of debated origin. Either from Proto-Ugric *ϑᴕćɜ- (to become damp, get wet) or from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sᴕsɜ- (to become wet)[1][2][3] + -ik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːzik]
  • Hyphenation: ázik

Verb

ázik

  1. (intransitive) to soak, steep (to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it)
  2. (intransitive) to become soaking wet in the rain, to become rainsoaked
    Bőrig áztunk az esőben.We became soaking wet in the rain.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to be soaked in/with (followed by -ban/-ben or -tól/-től)
    Könnytől ázott az arca.Her face was soaked with tears.
    A kardja vérben ázott.His sword was soaked in blood.
    Ruhánk verejtékben ázott.Our clothes were soaked with sweat.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ázás
  • áztat
Compound words
With verbal prefixes
  • agyonázik
  • átázik
  • beázik
  • elázik
  • felázik
  • kiázik
  • leázik
  • megázik
  • széjjelázik
  • szétázik
  • összeázik
Expressions

References

  1. Entry #1751 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Entry #917 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  3. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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